BRUSSELS (AA) – Belgium colonized the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the reign of King Leopold II, who remained on the throne from 1865 to 1909 and declared himself the private owner of the territory three times larger than his homeland, calling it “Congo Free State” and enjoying the recognition of heav...
ANKARA (AA) – Talks on Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids will continue, and the forthcoming summit in Madrid is not an endpoint, a Turkish official has said. “As we have said before, the NATO summit (in Madrid) is not an endpoint for us, so those negotiations will continue. That’s what we told our interlocutors [&hell...
Al-Laota, Sudan – (AFP) Impoverished Sudan has for years been grappling with a grinding economic crisis, which deepened after last year’s military coup prompted Western governments to cut crucial aid. The October coup derailed a fragile transition put in place following the 2019 ouster of president Omar al-Bashir. Over 18 million p...
ATHENS (AA) – Four irregular migrants went missing while 108 were rescued after a sailing boat drifted away off the Greek coast in the Aegean Sea on Sunday. Early morning, the boat was sailing southwest of Delos Island in the Aegean Sea when it began taking water in and drifted away due to strong winds. […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani has said she appreciated Turkiye’s support for Kosovo’s membership in NATO and other international institutions. “We need such support from Türkiye for Kosovo’s candidacy to the Council of Europe,” the president said after a meeting with Turkish Foreign M...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakhstan will not recognize the self-proclaimed independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said. “If the right to self-determination is put into practice all over the world, then there will be over 600 countries instead of the 193 states that are current...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AA) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said that he does not see any problems in exporting Russian grain to Türkiye. Novak said Russia has always been a large supplier of grain to Türkiye and plans to maintain this position. “We have always been a major supplier of grain to […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The Turkish defense minister has said Sweden and Finland provided political, financial and military support to “terror groups,” threatening not only Türkiye but also NATO. The minister was referring to Kurdish nationalist groups PKK and its offshoot YPG. Speaking to reporters following a two-day NATO gathering...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia is not concerned that Ukraine could get the status of a European Union candidate “because the EU is not a military organization,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Speaking at the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin questioned whether joining the EU will benefit Ukraine,...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian Defense Ministry has claimed that nearly 2,000 foreign mercenaries fighting on Ukraine’s side have died in battles. According to the ministry, 6,956 people have arrived in Ukraine since February 24, when the war started; 1,779 left the country. At least 3,221 foreigners are fighting on the Ukrainian side, ...
